The University News

In search of taste

Editorial Board • September 21, 2007

Taste is a personal matter. Problems begin to crop up when taste becomes a public affair. In a recent edition of The Recorder, a student-run newspaper for Central Connecticut State University, a comic strip was published that has prompted powerful reactions from the public.

Public transportation

Editorial Board • September 14, 2007

Here in middle America, all the hottest trends seem to arrive late. Capri pants, yellow cars and a light rail public transportation system all came after other large cities in the country had accommodated such trends years before. Now, almost 15 years after MetroLink began operation, the trend of public transportation still has yet to truly catch on.

Smoke signals

Editorial Board • September 14, 2007

Clean air is a wonderful idea. Sadly, because of pollution, it is an idea that has little possibility of becoming a reality. That is not to say that there should not be a push to reduce pollution in the atmosphere, merely that until we can focus on the large polluters, perhaps it is not worth trying to micro-manage the polluters who may be small in stature but not in their contribution: smokers.

24-hour food

Editorial Board • September 7, 2007

College student live in a world of constant activity-be it exercise, classes, Greek meetings, or organizations on and around campus. College students are not yet a part of the nine-to-five world of heart attacks and lunches eaten in cars. Students on campuses everywhere are 24-hour creatures, and it is high time that Saint Louis University recognizes this and submit to popular demand for 24-hour food.

Adolescence lost

Editorial Board • September 7, 2007

A story that has been in the news lately is the University of Pennsylvania's acceptance of a 15-year-old into their Ivy League halls. Brittney Exline, one of this year's freshman-class members at the northeastern university is, certainly, entitled to enrollment at a university well in advance of her peers, but such early academic prowess begs the question: What happened to adolescence? The point is not that Exline, and other students her age, should be discouraged from attending universities earlier than their peers, but rather that such young students will be entering into a social strata for which nothing but life experience can prepare them.

Fat nation

Editorial Board • August 31, 2007

It is true that having a place in the top quarter of a ranking is a point of pride for many people. However, for the state of Missouri, our ranking is something to be ashamed of and worried about. Missouri is the 12th fattest state in the country. Many people insult or point fingers at those who-they believe-are responsible for the obesity epidemic in the United States, but if you wish to see the guilty, simply look in the mirror.

Vick stain

Editorial Board • August 31, 2007

With great power, comes great responsibility. Such a philosophical statement (via Spider-Man's insightful Uncle Ben) may seem out of place, but if that is so, it is only because today's society has had an exodus of responsibility. Among Lindsay, Paris and Nicole, it seems that the lack of responsibility among the famous is reaching a pinnacle unmatched in celebrity history.

Exploring St. Louis

Editorial Board • August 24, 2007

Another school year is upon us, and we can think of nothing better than to encourage the incoming freshmen as well as continuing students to explore their surroundings. Every year, there seems to be a great many students talking about how there is "nothing to do" in St.

Murdered missionary

Editorial Board • August 24, 2007

The bush country in Africa is terrifying, wild and always dangerous. In 2000, the African country of Kenya proved to be more dangerous than nature intended for a Saint Louis University alumnus. Father John Kaiser, a College of Arts and Sciences graduate of SLU, was murdered in Kenya just weeks before he was scheduled to once give a devastating testimony against one of the country's cabinet members.

Another demolition: Livery stable

Editorial Board • July 22, 2007

Quietly, without much fanfare or to-do, a more than century old building just north of SLU's Frost campus went the way of the dodo. The judge, jury and executioner in this unfortunate event were none other than Saint Louis University. As the University expands, swallowing up the structures, businesses and vacant lots that stand in its path, the thirst for plentiful, safe parking is quickly exceeding the supply.

And So It Goes

Editorial Board • May 4, 2007

This weekend-perhaps, even, as you read this editorial-the Saint Louis University Board of Trustees may vote to rescind the charter of The University News, a student voice of Saint Louis University since 1921. However, this vote would wholly contradict the desire of the student body, as well as a multitude of faculty and community members.

Talking Points

Editorial Board • April 27, 2007

A university administration can understand its relationship with its students in one of four ways: It may aim for partnership, in which students and administrators cooperate equally in assembling and assimilating knowledge for the good of the whole community.